John Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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CHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL repre sents the cllmax ol a century of growth of Free secondary schools In Rzchmond ln 1816 the hrst public school the Lancasterlan, was opened vvhere the ruch paud a Fee vvhlle the poor vvere taught free of charge After the Civil War the Whste House of the Confederacy was turned into a puhlrc school enstntutlon for both prsmary and secondary students The next school nn successlon vvas Richmond Hugh School vvhlch served lor mne years alter sts construction In 1899 By 1908 the public school Idea had become so popular that a Marshall Hugh School came Into exnstence Even the space thus provided vvas not SUltlICI2f1f l TQQQ Rlchmond Hugh School and several house llanlang It were torn dovvn and George Wythe was erected ID their places At the present time the comhlned rooms of John Marshall and George Wythe provnde hugh school Instruction for the eastern, northern, and southern sectlons ol Rich mond The Marshalllte of 352 presents on the lollovvung pages, these steps vvhlch constrtute a century of development 1 . , I I 4 . I . I ' 1 more adequate structure was needed, thus, .lohn . . . Q n . . 3 ' 1